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Dorne's Strike Sends Stevens Past Springfield in OT

from press release

HOBOKEN, N.J. – Junior midfielder Harrison Dorne
(Morristown, N.J.) netted the game-winning goal 1:06 into overtime
to propel the Stevens Institute of Technology men's lacrosse team
to a 13-12 victory over Springfield College in the NCAA Division
III First Round matchup at the De Baun Athletic Complex on
Wednesday evening. Stevens, ranked ninth nationally, set a new
school record in victories with 17 in the overtime thriller and
advances to the Second Round to take on No. 2 SUNY Cortland on
Saturday at 7 p.m.

Springfield, ranked 13th nationally, won the opening face-off of
the overtime period but then threw the ball away on the ensuing
possession to give the ball back to Stevens. The Ducks then marched
down the field and set up the game-winning play as junior
midfielder Nicolas Philippi (Mullica Hill, N.J.) found Dorne on the
left side of the goal. Dorne's laser shot buzzed by the Pride
goalkeeper's head and into the back of the net to set off a flock
of Ducks running onto the field in celebration.

Dorne finished the game with a hat trick, while Philippi also
tallied a goal.

Not to be overshadowed by the game-winner was the play in cage
by senior Eric Yando (Baldwinsville, N.Y). Yando came off the bench
to start the fourth quarter and stuffed three close range shots by
Springfield and another bullet from 15 yards out to pick up the
victory in just over 16 minutes of action. The senior is now 12-2
on the season and allowed just one goal.

Throughout the entire 61-plus minutes of play, the score was
never separated by more than three goals with Springfield holding
the largest advantage at 4-1, late into the first quarter. The
Pride recorded the first two goals of the contest within the first
five minutes of the game before senior attack Kevin Rose (Garden
City, N.Y.) got the Ducks on the board with 8:54 left in the
quarter off a pass from freshman attack Andrew Scrutchfield (Lewes,
Del.).

The Pride responded with two more goals to build that 4-1 lead
with 4:33 to go in the period. Not even a minute later, junior
midfielder Rich Dupras (Hillsborough, N.J.) tallied one of his
three goals on the evening on an unassisted score to cut the lead
in half. Dorne then followed suit with 2:34 remaining in the
opening frame to make it a one-goal contest.

Springfield got a goal back with just over a minute left, but
Philippi cut the deficit to 5-4 with just 36 seconds remaining,
ending the goal outburst in the first quarter.

As the second quarter got under way, the Pride netted a man-up
goal to take a 6-4 lead in first two minutes. Dupras picked up his
second unassisted score at the 9:20 mark only to watch Springfield
march right back down the field a minute later and erased the tally
on a short-handed score. The Ducks then stepped up the offensive
intensity and picked up the final two goals of the half to knot the
game at 7's heading into the break. Senior attacked Alex Hofrichter
(Terrance Park, Ohio) and Dupras both registered unassisted goals
in the final 2:42 of the second quarter.

As the whistle blew for quarter number three, Hofrichter netted
two straight goals in the first four minutes to give Stevens its
first lead of the contest. He scored unassisted just one minute
into the period then capitalized off a pass from Rose with 11:06 to
go and gave the Ducks their largest lead of the game, 9-7.

The Pride would go on a 4-0 run over the next 6:13 to regain the
advantage on the scoreboard, 11-9, with just 4:30 left in the
third. Dorne and Rose hooked up with 2:43 remaining to tally the
final goal for Stevens in the third and go into the final 15
minutes of play down just one, 11-10.

Hofrichter knotted the game back up at 11's just 20 seconds into
the final quarter, unassisted, and then gave Stevens the lead with
his fifth and final goal of the game five minutes later with 9:43
remaining, 12-11.

The offenses went silent for over nine minutes until the Pride
made one final push down the field and earned a dead ball spot in
their zone. After the Springfield attack looped around the back of
the net, he found a cutter across the face off the goal and sent in
the equalizer with eight ticks left on the clock to send the game
into extra time.

Springfield's face-off specialist won 21-of-29 chances and
scooped up 14 groundballs but overshot an attack on a pass as he
brought the ball into the offensive zone to turn the ball over to
the Ducks and subsequently end the season for the Pride.

Dorne's left handed missile lifted Stevens to the next round and
a showdown with 18-0 Cortland on Saturday. Stevens met up with the
Red Dragons in the Second Round last year and lost, 10-3.